"Save the library, save Troy," continued

In our previous installment, I wrote:

Troy City Council asks for August library ballot question
By BONNIE CAPRARA
Special to The Oakland Press
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If the council formally adopts the ballot language at its next meeting on Monday, the council will have to vote on a measure to keep the library open at least until the special election. The library was originally scheduled to be closed after April 30. The council called off the closure last month until it had an opportunity to discuss ways to keep it open.

Here's to the City Council approving the measure and putting it on the ballot in August. That's a nice "maybe."

"Next Monday" was the day before yesterday, and there's no maybe about it.

( UPDATED: Troy City Council approves August library ballot question, budget )

Orignally posted to Crazy Eddie's Motie News. Crossposted to Michigan Liberal and Daily Kos.

Meme: Words of Wisdom

flemco on Dreamwidth asked his readers to post a life lesson they've learned.  Here's mine.

I learned this lesson 30 years ago. Always be on good terms with three groups of employees at any workplace--the custodians, the security guards/public safety, and the secretaries/receptionists. Every workplace of any size has people in those positions and they are the ones who make whatever that workplace is supposed to do possible. Be nice to them and your work will go that much smoother.

It helped that one of my jobs in college was as a janitor. I was completely invisible to the rest of the employees. That experience of being a nobody stuck with me.

So, what life lesson have you learned?